The TSA is really making a mess of this.
And is this incident is an example of what we have to look forward to when we fly out of DTW, because that is where this latest outrage takes place. Article over at MSNBC:
A retired special education teacher on his way to a wedding in Orlando, Fla., said he was left humiliated, crying and covered with his own urine after an enhanced pat-down by TSA officers recently at Detroit Metropolitan Airport.
“I was absolutely humiliated, I couldn’t even speak,” said Thomas D. “Tom” Sawyer, 61, ofLansing, Mich.The story goes on and it becomes quite obvious that the TSA agents are remarkably unconcerned about their behavior toward this human being, who suffers enough from his medical condition. Read it.
The ruling class seems oblivious to the offense caused by unknown agents touching people's genitals and humiliating flyers by being cavalier regarding medical conditions, calling the intrusions "love pats," which only makes their positions on these policies that much more repulsive and offensive.
And where is the professional left in this? Wasn't there a great deal of outrage when 3, repeat THREE, terrorists were water boarded, yielding information? And wasn't there a great deal of outrage when the Patriot Act went into place? Where are they now?
Combine this with some of the other horror stories from reputable people:
- blogging mommy, who had every part of her anatomy touched by TSA
- a woman with artificial knees whose genitals were groped
- a woman forced to remove her prosthetic breast
- a woman who felt she was targeted for wearing a skirt, her genitals felt twice
- pilots are refusing both procedures, for themselves and their children
- What about the radiation?
- A young woman's breasts allegedly were openly exposed by TSA agents
- A screaming 3 year old child is hand searched
- and, of course, the don't touch my junk guy
Rather than address these issues reasonably, instead we get more gestapo tactics and talk. Here is John Pistole's response, when asked if he will moderate the measures he has put into place? What we get is a cocky, self-assured toupee wearing SOB boasting that this is the best method, even though behavior profiling has been proven superior in all cases.
Other countries are laughing at us, but Pistole says he's just trying to keep the public "informed," even while softening his tone using Newspeak by saying we need a "partnership," to establish these safety methods. ArsTechnica:
Pistole said he "understood" the concern (and he added that children under 12 weren't subject to the enhanced pat-down). When one senator asked if this "understanding" meant changes were coming, Pistole was direct. "Am I going to change the policies? No."So these "love pats" will continue, but rest assured that Obama says he "understands" why people are upset, even though, yuk yuk, he and his cohorts will never have to go through these humiliating experiences.
Does it help to know that concerns about YOUR privacy were built in when they decided on the policies? Yup.
(Imagine this. TSA agent runs her hands slowly up the thighs and over the genitals of a coach passenger named.....Michelle Obama. Ha! Would we ever see that TSA agent's hand again? Or the agent?)
Add to this outrage the fact that Michael Chertoff had a financial interest in promoting these abominations, not to mention George Soros, who sure knows when to get out when the gettin' is good, and you have a major scandal, nationwide, with no one in charge appearing to be interested in the perception of it or addressing the concerns to the satisfaction of the public.
Can you say ruling class, anyone? (I might add the linked article was posted on this blog in June, before the phrase was buzzed.)
More video will be emerging in the coming days; whatcha wanna make a bet the TSA is going to say all cell phones and video cameras have to be powered down before you go through?
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